Standard III, IV, V

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Standard 3

1) Multimedia
  • combining two or more technologies together.
  • your portfolio is multimedia.
  • even a meeting combining telephones, television, and computers.

2) Computer Terms
  • Digital storage is expressed in bytes.
  1. kilobyte- thousand bytes- KB
  2. megabyte- million bytes- MB
  3. gigabyte- billion bytes- GB
  4. terabyte- trillion bytes- TB

3) Central Processing Unit (CPU)
  • CPUs are the brains of the computer
  • the better the processor, the faster it is

4) Local Area Network
  • shared server, hardware, printer, can communicate with each other.
  • an example of LAN: Ms.Bradfield's Tech Lab.

5) Random Access Memory (RAM)
  • temporary memory in a computer

6) Read-Only Memory (ROM)
  • permanent memory in a computer (example: the OS)

7) Computer Numerical Control (CNC)
  • a computer takes control and makes products





Standard 4

1) Orthographic Projection
  • a way to represent a 3D object in 2D
  • it shows several views (3D)

2) Perspective
  • the appearance an area has if you were looking at it

3) Graph
  • shows information visually.

4) Sequence Diagram
  • shows the order or steps of how to do something.





Standard 5

1) Integrated Circuit
  • contains hundreds of parts
  • a complex set of electronic components that are on a tine slice of semiconducting material

2) Circuit Breaker
  • protects houses, schools, and all buildings with electricity from an electrical overload

3) Conductor
  • carries electricity

4) Reciprocating Motion
  • a back and fourth, or up and down motion which repeats over and over again.

5) Rotary Motion
  • motion that goes in a circle.

6) Oscillating Motion
  • motion that moves along a path then returns along the same path

7) Hydraulic System
  • machines and tools which use fluid or oil

8) Pneumatics
  • uses air to work

9) Mechanical Design
  • using the Design Cycle to build machines

10) Triangle
  • makes the most solid structure.

11) Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)
  • a department in the government that inspects houses, schools, and all buildings to make sure it is safe

12) Composite Materials
  • made from two or more materials

13) Thermoplastic
  • material that is plastic
  • when it's hot, it melts, so it can be formed.
  • when it's cold, it becomes strong.

14) Alloy
  • two metals mixed together to create a new metal

15) Casting
  • melting metal, glass, or plastic and pouring it into a mold
  • when it cools it's a solid object.

16) Dynamic Load
  • the load and weight changes.

17) Shearing
  • cutting metal

18) Torsion
  • twisting

19) Pressing
  • applying pressure

20) Bending
  • taking a straight object and curving it

21) Forging
  • shaping metal by heating it up.

22) Construction Technology
  • the building of something.

23) Communication Technology
  • using technology to communicate.

24) Manufacturing Technology
  • making something on a mass scale

25) Transportation Technology
  • technology that moves people and/or things.